BFIS Weekly Bulletin
NOTES FROM NURSE JENN
The end of the school year will be here before we know it! For those students with any medications at school, please remember that any remaining medication MUST be picked up by parents or an authorized and approved adult by the last day of school May 30, 2025. School policy also requires that ALL medications, either prescription or over-the-counter, must be picked up by a parent or other authorized and approved adult. Absolutely no medications are to be transported to/from school by any student. All medication not picked up by 3pm June 2, 2025 will be disposed of in an appropriate manner in accordance with medication disposal guidelines as set forth by the FDA.
Students entering 7th grade next year
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Now is a great time to get your child caught up on or AHEAD of all Iowa required and
recommended vaccines.
During the summer, back-to-school appointments and sports physicals fill up fast and your child
may not be able to see their provider in time.
Students who do not have proof of required vaccines on the first day of the 2025-2026 school
year, will not be allowed to start school. All students entering 7 th grade next school year are
required to have proof of receiving a booster Tdap and initial Meningitis vaccination, or
alternatively, a valid Medical or Religious Exemption Certificate on file with the school
nurse before the first day of the school year on August 25, 2025.
Hundreds of students have already been vaccinated and many more have scheduled their
appointments. Have you scheduled your child’s appointment yet?
Now is the time to make your child’s appointment to see their health care doctor or provider for
their required vaccines including the meningitis vaccine.
If you have questions regarding health insurance or do not have a doctor or medical home, please
reach out to your Polk County Health Department at the contact information below.
COUNTY OF POLK
Health Department
1907 Carpenter Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Ph. 515.286.3798
Fax. 515.286.2033
6th Grade News
ISASP Testing: Students will take their ISASP tests this coming week. Our testing schedule is as follows: Tuesday- math, Wednesday- Reading, Thursday-Writing. You can help by making sure students get a good night's sleep and eat a good, healthy breakfast. While smartwatches are not to be worn here at the intermediate school, they must be left at home during ISASP testing. Students will not be allowed to have them on during testing. If they have them on they will need to remove them and place them in their lockers.
In math, students have been busy learning about powers and exponents, exploring algebraic expressions, and practicing substituting values into expressions. We have also focused on finding the greatest common factor (GCF) and the least common multiple (LCM), helping students strengthen their number sense and problem-solving skills.
In science, we have been diving into the fascinating world of atoms and molecules! Students are learning about the building blocks of matter and exploring what atoms and molecules look like, helping them develop a deeper understanding of the world around them. Students have also had the opportunity to use online simulators to model building molecules and also to learn more about the states of matter and the changes that occur when temperature and pressure changes.
Booster Club Apparel Store
Our athletics booster club has launched a new online apparel store. This is a 24/7 store with no "closing date" and we're told items typically ship in a week or so. Purchasing bluejay gear through the boosters directly supports Bondurant-Farrar students and programs.
Attendance
For information on new attendance guidelines, click here.
Drop Off and Pick up
PARENTS/GUARDIANS DRIVING STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL
With the playground and recess area for our Intermediate school students on the west side of the building, the drive around the building will only be open during drop off and pick up times. For the middle part of the day, there will be gates that will block traffic flow and restrict vehicles to only the south/west area and the north area of the building (approximately from 8:45 am until 1:15 pm on Mondays, and 8:45 am until 2:45 pm Tuesday through Friday). This is for student safety and for allowing students and staff to have access to outdoor activities and facilities for recess and PE. Please note this when you are needing to pick up students from school at times other than pick up and drop off times.
Morning Drop-off:
Serving time for breakfast begins at 7:30 AM. Students eating breakfast will remain in the Cafeteria until dismissed by an adult to their Homeroom.
Students who are not eating breakfast, and are either walking or being dropped off by a parent, should not arrive before 7:50 AM.
Students who ride a bus to school will be dropped off at the east entrance. All other students either walking or being dropped off by a parent may use the north or south entrances.
All students arriving before 8:02 AM will report to either the Gymnasium, or the Cafeteria if they are eating breakfast. Students will be dismissed by an adult from either location to go to their Homeroom by 8:02 AM.
Parents/Guardians will have the option of using the driveway between Anderson and the Intermediate School (south side--if you are dropping off students in multiple buildings) or the parking area to the north of the Intermediate School (if you are only dropping off students at the Intermediate School) to drop off children at the beginning of the day.
For student safety and traffic flow, students will NOT use the west entrance for drop off.
Afternoon Pick-Up:
Students not riding a bus may exit from the north, east, and south doors of the building.
For student safety, students will NOT exit the west side of the building to the west parking lot.
Parents/Guardians will have the option of using the driveway between Anderson and the Intermediate School (south side) or the parking area to the north of the Intermediate building to pick up children at the end of the day.
Intermediate School Secretary
Email: kulam@bfschools.org
Website: http://www.bfschools.org/
Location: 300 Garfield Street Southwest, Bondurant, IA, USA
Phone: 515-967-3711
Fax: 515-957-7931
